Reverse share tenancy, i.e., sharecropping between a poor landlord and a rich tenant, is common throughout the developing world. Yet it can only fit the canonical principal-agent model of sharecropping under specific circumstances. This paper develops and tests between three theoretical explanations for reverse share tenancy based respectively on (i) risk-aversion on the part of both the landlo...

The study sets out to assess the link between land leasing behavior and productivity differentials between male and female headed households. A non-cooperative game model with double-moral hazard allowed us to show that landlord’s tenure insecurity leads to sub-optimal level of effort on tenant’s part. The landlord’s enforcement ability is also shown to increase the optimal level of effort. The...

The Covid-19 Pandemic and the resulting government-imposed shutdowns have caused financial difficulty for many businesses in United States. In particular, strained landlord tenant relations, as failure of latter to pay monthly rent has resulted both parties taking their disputes court. contractual, legal doctrines force majeure, frustration purpose, impossibility are being brought up court by t...

This research builds on the emerging body of literature investigating implications changing land tenure relations in Prairie Provinces, where over 70% Canada’s farmland is located. Through an analysis survey data collected 2019 from 400 grain farmers, we address following questions: How are farmers experiencing patterns and control at local level? What challenges opportunities do face these mar...